Biography:
The Duke of Norfolk (Adam Howard) is a peripatetic folk musician from Oklahoma. Having grown up in bluegrass territory and later studied Sound Design at the University of Edinburgh, his music nestles somewhere between traditional folk instrumentation and more modern electronic folk. More than somewhat bookish and deeply fascinated by religions & mythologies, Howard’s writing tends to reflect the conflict between the fantastic / idealistic world of books & dreams and the reality of the ordinary.
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Capo 2
Main Chords
E A/E C#m/E B/E A B Fm G#m C#m
d |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
a |-----0-----2-----2-----4-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
F#|-----0-----1-----0-----3-----5-----7-----1-----3-----8-----|
D |-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----0-----2-----4-----9-----|
A |-----0-----2-----2-----4-----5-----7-----2-----4-----9-----|
D |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----7-----2-----4-----9-----|
Interlude #1
d |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
a |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
F#|-------h3--|--3/5------p5--|--0------h1--|--1------1/3--|
D |-----------|---------------|-------------|--2------2/4--|
A |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
D |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
d |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------|
a |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------|
F#|--0----h3--|--3/5------p5--|--0------h1--|--1-----------|------|
D |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--2------p2---|--0---|
A |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|--0---|
D |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|--0---|
Interlude #2 (Strummed)
d |-2/4------4-2-0---|-5------4------|-7------5---4---|-0---------0---|
a |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------0---|
F#|-1/3------3-1-0---|-5------3------|-7------5---3---|-0---------1---|
D |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------0---|
A |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------2---|
D |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------0---|
d |-2/4------4-2-0---|-5------4------|-4/11------9---7---|-0---------0---|
a |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------0---|
F#|-1/3------3-1-0---|-5------3------|-3/10------8---7---|-0---------1---|
D |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------0---|
A |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------2---|
D |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------0---|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
All we know we know by comparison and don't compare me to him.
E B/E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
With these metaphors twisting and turning and creeping underneath my skin.
(Interlude #1)
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
The stories you've heard that I have told and retold are simply the stories I've read
E B/E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
A similar simile rooted and taking shape within my heart or my head
B A E C#m/E A/E E
Pin me down; An escapist at best, running from the life of the rest
B A E C#m/E A/E E
My arrogance and quaking rage do surface on the best of days. So still the tremble in my chest
Fm E x3
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
Honestly sincerity means more to me than pretty things so kiss me with the virtues you posses
E B A E C#m/E A/E E
And if you find it fitting to drag me further from the harbour Please promise then the wind to send me back
B A E C#m/E A/E E
For though I ramble I'm afraid I'll never settle down. A month and I’m ready to leave
B A E C#m/E A/E E
This itching in my toes of woes is pulling me where e’re it goes and doesn’t seem to ever recede
Interlude #2
Fm | Gm | A | B | C#m B A | Gm Fm E
Fm
My head is filled with story books;
Gm
the voyages of captain cook,
A
the troubadour and brooding sage,
B
the viscount and the magistrate
Gm
the lines I read and bury deep
A
the breaking of the wall in me
B
but others speak to try and calm
Gm Gm
the waters with a simple balm
E Gm A x3
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
but a murderous wind filled my sails and drew me near to you, tell me will we make it through the loch?
E B A E C#m/E A/E E
As the sirens raise their voices, tie me tighter to the vessel or else watch me throw myself upon the rocks
Main Chords
E A/E C#m/E B/E A B Fm G#m C#m
d |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
a |-----0-----2-----2-----4-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
F#|-----0-----1-----0-----3-----5-----7-----1-----3-----8-----|
D |-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----0-----2-----4-----9-----|
A |-----0-----2-----2-----4-----5-----7-----2-----4-----9-----|
D |-----0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----7-----2-----4-----9-----|
Interlude #1
d |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
a |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
F#|-------h3--|--3/5------p5--|--0------h1--|--1------1/3--|
D |-----------|---------------|-------------|--2------2/4--|
A |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
D |-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
d |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------|
a |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------|
F#|--0----h3--|--3/5------p5--|--0------h1--|--1-----------|------|
D |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--2------p2---|--0---|
A |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|--0---|
D |--0--------|---------------|-------------|--------------|--0---|
Interlude #2 (Strummed)
d |-2/4------4-2-0---|-5------4------|-7------5---4---|-0---------0---|
a |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------0---|
F#|-1/3------3-1-0---|-5------3------|-7------5---3---|-0---------1---|
D |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------0---|
A |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------2---|
D |------------------|---------------|----------------|-0---------0---|
d |-2/4------4-2-0---|-5------4------|-4/11------9---7---|-0---------0---|
a |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------0---|
F#|-1/3------3-1-0---|-5------3------|-3/10------8---7---|-0---------1---|
D |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------0---|
A |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------2---|
D |------------------|---------------|-------------------|-0---------0---|
************************************
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
************************************
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
All we know we know by comparison and don't compare me to him.
E B/E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
With these metaphors twisting and turning and creeping underneath my skin.
(Interlude #1)
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
The stories you've heard that I have told and retold are simply the stories I've read
E B/E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
A similar simile rooted and taking shape within my heart or my head
B A E C#m/E A/E E
Pin me down; An escapist at best, running from the life of the rest
B A E C#m/E A/E E
My arrogance and quaking rage do surface on the best of days. So still the tremble in my chest
Fm E x3
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
Honestly sincerity means more to me than pretty things so kiss me with the virtues you posses
E B A E C#m/E A/E E
And if you find it fitting to drag me further from the harbour Please promise then the wind to send me back
B A E C#m/E A/E E
For though I ramble I'm afraid I'll never settle down. A month and I’m ready to leave
B A E C#m/E A/E E
This itching in my toes of woes is pulling me where e’re it goes and doesn’t seem to ever recede
Interlude #2
Fm | Gm | A | B | C#m B A | Gm Fm E
Fm
My head is filled with story books;
Gm
the voyages of captain cook,
A
the troubadour and brooding sage,
B
the viscount and the magistrate
Gm
the lines I read and bury deep
A
the breaking of the wall in me
B
but others speak to try and calm
Gm Gm
the waters with a simple balm
E Gm A x3
E A/E E C#m/E A/E E
but a murderous wind filled my sails and drew me near to you, tell me will we make it through the loch?
E B A E C#m/E A/E E
As the sirens raise their voices, tie me tighter to the vessel or else watch me throw myself upon the rocks
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